Drawing Lessons
- Author Tracy Mack
- Narrator Marguerite Gavin
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 1 January 2006
- Run Time 2 hours and 23 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics.
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What to expect
Twelve-year-old Aurora is an artist like her father. Through a hundred drawing lessons, he has guided her hand, trained her eye, taught her how to mix colors and achieve perspective. Together they plan to paint a beautiful mural for Rory's mother, maybe a sunset because she always misses the real sunset while she's at her job, supporting the family.
Rory goes to find her father in his studio so she can show him her sketch for the mural. But when she arrives, she finds him kissing his model. Outraged, she tries to hurt him by burning up her sketchbook, and her father leaves. Rory is devastated and stops painting altogether. Finally, she realizes that she has to talk to her father.
Critics Review
“A book of surprising beauty and depth…A ray of quiet hopefulness for readers who see themselves redrawing themselves as their families change and grow.”
“Mack provides excellent characterizations of both adults and adolescents, a moving and well-paced plot and exquisitely interwoven themes of aesthetics and the multifaceted need for independence that humans of all ages can experience.”
u201cMack weaves together enough powerful symbols and striking images to make for a vibrant showing.u201d
| Author | Tracy Mack |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Marguerite Gavin |
| Duration | 2 hours and 23 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781624608186 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Blackstone Publishing |
| Genre | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE, US |
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